August 2023 Huwara shooting
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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = Huwara shooting attack (August 2023)
| location = Huwara, Israeli-occupied West Bank
| date = {{start date|2023|08|19|df=y}}
| partof = the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
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| native_name = פיגוע הירי בחווארה (אוגוסט 2023)
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| target = Israelis
| type = Mass shooting
| weapons = M16 rifle
| fatalities = 2 victims
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| perpetrator = Hamas
| numparts = 1
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The August 2023 Huwara shooting was a shooting attack carried out on August 19, 2023, by a Hamas militant{{Cite web |title=חמאס נטל אחריות לפיגוע בו נרצחו שני ישראלים במכון לשטיפת רכב בחווארה |url=https://www.maariv.co.il/breaking-news/Article-1033170 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.maariv.co.il |archive-date=2023-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026083200/https://www.maariv.co.il/breaking-news/Article-1033170 |url-status=live }} south of the town of Huwara. In the attack, two Israelis, a father and his son, residents of Ashdod, were murdered.{{Cite web |title=הגיעו לסידורים - ונרצחו: פרטים חדשים נחשפים על הפיגוע בחווארה; היערכות לפעולות נקם |url=https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/defense/article/14512502 |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=www.israelhayom.co.il |archive-date=2023-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010070413/https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/defense/article/14512502 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last=תמרי |first=לירן |last2=זיתון |first2=יואב |last3=צורי |first3=מתן |last4=חלבי |first4=עינב |date=2023-08-19 |title=המחבל זיהה יהודים - וירה מטווח אפס: אב ובנו נרצחו במכון לשטיפת רכב בחווארה |language=he |work=Ynet |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b1gullcn2 |access-date=2023-10-26 |archive-date=2023-10-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031123418/https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/b1gullcn2 |url-status=live }}
The attack
Two Israelis from Ashdod, Shai Sailas Nigrker, 60, and his son Aviv (Nigrker) Nir, 29, arrived in Huwara on Saturday, August 19, 2023, to service their car. After several hours of repairs, the two were at a car wash on Highway 60 south of Hawara. Around 3:04pm, a Palestinian militant arrived, shot them and ran away.
After the attack, the Palestine Red Crescent Society arrived to provide first aid to the victims who were critically wounded. A Magen David Adom team that arrived at the scene pronounced the two victims dead.{{Cite news |date=2023-08-19 |title=West Bank: Two Israelis killed in suspected Palestinian shooting near Hawara |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66558184 |access-date=2023-10-26 |archive-date=2023-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231025101452/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-66558184 |url-status=live }}
Hundreds of soldiers conducted searches to locate the perpetrator.{{Cite web |last=i24NEWS |date=2023-08-19 |title=Palestinian terrorist murders two Israelis in West Bank shooting attack |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1692448800-two-israelis-critically-wounded-in-drive-by-shooting-attack-in-west-bank |access-date=2023-10-26 |website=I24news |language=en |archive-date=2023-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026083200/https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/defense/1692448800-two-israelis-critically-wounded-in-drive-by-shooting-attack-in-west-bank |url-status=live }}
On August 26, a week after the attack, Hamas claimed responsibility.